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Monday, January 25, 2016

Festive crochet coasters

The New 2016 is in full swing already with the
next holiday approaching fast. Thus, I'd like to share my tutorial for festive
crochet coasters for occasion.

I am a
devoted coffee drinker. I can survive without food but I can’t do without
coffee. It’s enough only to hear the word “coffee” in order to start needing
some. Of course, as a person who loves all things Italian, you can imagine that
I love the coffee short and strong. Smaller the cup, better the taste. Lately,
I realized that my coffee was missing something. I changed the brand, it didn’t
help. A few days had passed until one morning I suddenly realized what was
bothering me! I didn’t have a coaster for my cup and it was leaving stains on
the table. Thus is how the idea of these festive and very bright coasters was
born.

To make these
you need some small amounts of coordinating yarns from your stash. The yarns I
used were left from the crochet basketsI shared with you some time ago.

Materials

For the
projects you can use any type of yarn but natural yarn will give you best
results. I used DMC Natura Just Cotton XL. Each ball is 100 g/82 y. You will
need scraps in different colors.

Unfortunately
I don’t have the color numbers because those were only scraps left at home.

C1 – light
blue

C2 – lime
green

C3 – grey

C4 – pink

You may use
other colors to suit your interior better.

Crochet hook
size 10 ½ US.

A marker.

You don’t
really need a marker but I found out that this is the only one way in which I
don’t lose the track of my stitches number. The marker simply makes your life
much easier.

Size

4 inches in
diameter.

Let’s get
started!

Worked in the
round. Read the whole section first!

Coaster
1

Rnd 1: Make a
magic loop and work 6 sc st in the loop. Sl st in the first st. Ch 1. This is
your transition to the next round. Put the marker in the first sl st. Tighten
the loop.

Rnd 2 – Make
2 sc in each st, make one 1 st in the last sc from the previous row and join
with a sl st in the st with marker (12 sc). Move the marker to this st. Move
the marker on every round.

Rnd 3 – Ch 2,
in the next st *make 1 sc in the first sc, make 2 sc in the second sc*. Repeat
from * to * till the last stitch. Join with a sl st (18 sc).

Rnd 4 - Ch 2,
*make 1 sc in the first two sc, make 2 sc in the third sc*. Repeat from * to *
till the last stitch. Join with a sl st (24 sc).

Change to C3.
Work next 2 rounds with C3.

Rnd 5 - Ch 2,
*make 1 sc in the first three sc, make 2 sc in the fourth sc*. Repeat from * to
* till the last stitch. Join with a sl st (30 sc).

Rnd 6 - Ch 2,
*make 1 sc in the first four sc, make 2 sc in the fifth sc*. Repeat from * to *
till the last stitch. Join with a sl st (36 sc).

Fasten off. Cut
the yarn. Weave the ends in.

Coaster
2

Repeat the
steps but start with C2 and on the round 5 change to C1.

Coaster 3

Repeat the
steps but start with C2 for five rounds and on the round 6 change to C4.

Coaster
4

Repeat the
steps but start with C4 and on the round 5 change to C1.

Coaster
5

Repeat the
steps but work three rounds with C3 and on the round 4 change to C2.

Coaster 6

Repeat the
steps but start with C3 for five rounds and on the round 6 change to C2.